DIY Custom Hand Fan Blades With Tinkercad!

Ever wanted to make your own hand fan? Well, now you can! Here I will explain how to make the custom fan blades, and I will explain how to make the rest in another instructable.

Let's get started!

Supplies

You'll need Tinkercad and any 3d printer.

Step 1: First Part of Your Fan Blade(s)

First, you'll take a square and size it to 95.30, 5.95, and 2.00 then take a round roof and size it to 5.95, 3.00, and 2.00, then turn them both -90 degrees, put the round roof on top of the rectangle, and then group them both.

For the body of the fan blade, turn a roof 90 degrees and size it to 101.30, 17.75, and 2.00, then drag out a round roof, turn it 90 degrees, and size it to 5.15, 15.75, and 2.00. put your round roof on top of the roof and group them.

Now, take the two pieces you just made and align them with each other and then drag the first shape and move it up so it sticks out of the top of the second shape. *make sure not to group them yet*

Step 2: Second Part of Your Fan Blade(s)

Now that you have the first two shapes made, We'll make the bottom part of the fan blade. This step is optional, but it does make the blades look nicer.

Duplicate the second one and flip it 180 degrees, now move it down until it makes a little diamond (see pictures). Make sure everything is aligned, and then group all three shapes.

Drag out a square hole and then put it where you want the mirrored look of your fan to end, then make the square long enough to chop off the excess. Once you have that, group both shapes. (again, if this sounds confusing, the pictures might help)

Now take a paraboloid and two square holes, and put them on both sides so that when they are grouped, you'll have a paraboloid wedge. Rotate the wedge -90 degrees and set the height to 2.00, once you have done that, size the wedge to the width of the bottom part of your blade and set the length so that the wedge looks a little squished. Then group them. You can also round off the edges if you want.

Step 3: Finishing Touches of the Blade

Customization Time! import or make your own shapes and use them as cutouts in your blade.

I imported a silhouette of a bonsai tree and then added some other shapes around it.

You'll also want to make a cylinder hole in the bottom portion of your blade, this is so you can put your fan together later.

Once you have all of your cutouts done, group your fan blade and duplicate it to make the other blades, I made fourteen duplicates to give the fan a wide span once it's all assembled.

Step 4: Making the Fan Guard

Now that you have the fan blades done, you'll now make the guards, these make the fan look finished and keep all the blades in place.

First, make another blade duplicate and get rid of all the cutouts, then drag a roof onto the workplane turn it -90 degrees, then make it 2.00 tall and stretch it so it looks like the picture above and then use a square hole to get rid of the point of the roof, once you've done that, align it with the blade and group them together. You can also round the edges a little bit by using thin cylinders